Abstract H0362 DOROTHY CLARE MCPHERSONInterviewer: Janice TempletonAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 16 August 2018TRACK ONE00:00 Interview identification.End of Track OneTRACK TWO00.00 BORN in 1927. PARENTS were born in New Zealand and lived in RIVERTON until after marriage. Father served in WWI. FATHER worked on RAILWAY. Sister CONNIE born, moved to ORAWIA. Moved to WAIHOKA. Self four when family...

Overview In this interview Jennifer looks at her family history including: her fathers time in the Air Force during WW2 and both parents’ employment. She recalls her mother taking in boarders and some of their occupations. They had four at any one time. Jennifer goes on to detail her education through to completing a secretarial course. She had an interest in music, learning the piano and to sing and going on to teach both of these with Sister Cecil at St. Catherine's High School. Jennifer tells of her...

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Peter recalls his work at Awarua Radio Station as a technician before moving to Wellington to work in a radio lab. He then joined the broadcasting service and this interest combined with sound engineering eventually led to working in television at Avalon Studios. He describes getting around Wellington on a Vespa Scooter as well as the various shifts he worked. While working for Awarua Radio he...

Abstract HO353 JENNIFER LOIS SINCLAIRInterviewer: Rosie StatherInterview date: 15 June 2018Abstractor Judith ChristieTrack 100.0 Interview introduction.01. 30 Born 1952. Father JAMES CHARLES COLLETT, born 16 January 1922. MOTHER born at TAEIRI and was eldest of twins. Her name was LOIS ALISON NOELEEN IRVING born 28 October 1925. Father was an only child, his father had an agricultural contracting business called COLLETT AND...

Abstract H0352 PETER ALBERT MILLERInterviewer: Gordon DustonAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 25 May 2018 TRACK One00:00 Interview identification. Recorded at Awarua Museum. Born in 1945.01.50 Worked at AWARUA RADIO 1962-1963. Position technician, known as a MECHANISM. Arrived at age 17 with two others directly from school in January. Was going to be a school teacher, but enjoyed working with radios, so saw ERNIE HANCOCK,...